GRE Word List
RIDDLE
a mystifying, misleading, or puzzling question posed as a problem to be solved or guessed : conundrum
The meaning of the word riddle is a mystifying, misleading, or puzzling question posed as a problem to be solved or guessed : conundrum.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| solitude | the quality or state of being alone or remote from society : seclusion |
| rigor | harsh inflexibility in opinion, temper, or judgment : severity |
| obtuse | not pointed or acute : blunt |
| tautological | involving or containing rhetorical tautology : redundant |
| alchemy | a medieval chemical science and speculative philosophy aiming to achieve the transmutation of the base metals into gold, the discovery of a universal cure for disease, and the discovery of a means of indefinitely prolonging life |
| adore | to worship or honor as a deity or as divine |
| noisome | noxious |
| aperture | an opening or open space : hole |
| hubris | exaggerated pride or self-confidence |
| stamina | the bodily or mental capacity to sustain a prolonged stressful effort or activity : endurance |